I drove up to visit my elderly friends this morning, but when I tried to drive from there to the Co-op, I found that town was completely gridlocked due to an articulated lorry getting wedged by the court house. I do wish drivers would read and take note of the signs. There are a couple of routes that make it just about possible for large vehicles to make it through our little town. Turning right here is not one of them!

This huge lorry was trying to turn sharp right down this narrow street.

Nope, definitely not going to happen. If he'd come into town the proper way down the bridge, he'd have just about been able to squeeze down that street, but there's no way he was going to make it round that corner.

Nope, definitely not going to happen. If he'd come into town the proper way down the bridge, he'd have just about been able to squeeze down that street, but there's no way he was going to make it round that corner.

If he'd come into town the proper way, down the bridge, he'd have entered that street straight on and just about been able to squeeze down it, but there's no way he was going to make it round that corner.

Apparently it took an hour to extricate the lorry. I don't know whether it involved uncoupling the cab. I did hear someone talking about possibly needing to get a tractor to help tow it out, but I'm pretty sure they didn't have to resort to a crane because it would have taken hours to get one here.